Aston Martin AM-RB 003: Geneva Live
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The Aston Martin AM-RB 003 is the third member of McLaren’s rapidly growing mid-engine family, previewing an evolution of the technology and design pioneered by the Valkyrie. While we don’t know how much horsepower the AM-RB 003 will pack, it features a turbocharged V6 as well as a hybrid powertrain. It might not match the Valkyrie’s 1,160 horsepower (865 kilowatts), but it will likely come close.
Aston Martin Vanquish Vision
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If the Aston Martin AM-RB 003 and Valkyrie are hardcore track toys, the Vanquish Vision gives an idea of what the mid-engine concept championed by those cars could look like in a road-going, production form. In short, it’s extremely pretty. And it will still be fast, featuring the same turbocharged, hybridised V6 as the AM-RB 003. This car is still a concept, but once it’s finished in Geneva, the Vanquish Vision will head out for testing ahead of an eventual production debut.
Piëch Mark Zero
400 Brake Horsepower
From the famous name Piech comes a radical new electric sports car. The Mark Zero is a 402-bhp coupe that relies exclusively on battery power. The company touts more than 300 miles of range and a 0-60 mile-per-hour sprint of just 3.2 seconds. But those aren't even the most impressive numbers: with optional fast charging, Piech promises an 80-percent charge in less than five minutes. It sounds promising, but we'll believe it when we see it.
GFG Style Kangaroo
483 Brake Horsepower
The GFG Kangaroo is part hypercar, part off-roader. Either way, it's all kinds of awesome. Built by the father-son team of Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro, the Kangaroo produces 483 bhp thanks to a 90-kWh battery pack and a pair of electric motors. Power travels to all four wheels, allowing for a 0-60 mile-per-hour sprint of 3.8 seconds and a limited top speed of 155 miles per hour.
Ruf CTR Anniversary
700 Brake Horsepower
RUF’s long history of modifying Porsches deserves a celebration and the CTR Anniversary is it. Featuring a recreation of the iconic Yellow Bird’s body on top of a modern monocoque chassis, the twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter engine in the CTR Anniversary allow this old-looking new car to speed up to 224 miles per hour.
Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster
577 Brake Horsepower
The Mercedes-AMG GT R was one of the most exciting cars we tested last year, and now it’s even better thanks to its new folding roof. Taking the same 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8, the GT R isn’t as hardcore as its coupe counterpart, but we’re happy to trade of the coupe’s outright performance for more headroom and unfettered access to the V8’s delicious engine note.
McLaren 600LT
592 Brake Horsepower
Buying a supercar is fun. But dipping into a supercar maker’s list of ultra-expensive options is even more entertaining. At McLaren, that means going to MSO, short for McLaren Special Operations. To show what this small outfit can do, the British supercar maker brought an MSO-modifed version of its new (and stunning) 600LT Spider to Geneva. Total output is a relatively modest 592 bhp, but don’t let the 600LT fool you – it’s a true super convertible.
Ginetta Akula
575 Brake Horsepower
The Ginetta Akula is the kind of car that can only debut at Geneva – a wildly unhinged track toy, this two-door coupe wears body styling as extreme as its performance. A 6.0-litre V8 sits under a long, carved-up bonnet and packs 575 bhp and 520 pound-feet of torque. Equally impressive are its aerodynamics, which Ginetta says generate 375 kilograms of downforce at just 100 miles per hour. So yeah, that big wing on the back is there for a reason.
Bentley Continental GT Number 9 Edition by Mulliner
626 Brake Horsepower
Bentley is building 100 versions of the Continental GT Number 9 Edition to celebrate its 100th birthday. Apart from the obvious visual upgrades both on the grille and wheels, the Conti gets either Cumbrian Green or Beluga leather-wrapped Mulliner seats, "B" logos to mimic the door pads of the Blower, and some wood trim. The engine hasn’t changed, though. The standard twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12 remains, producing 626 bhp.
Lamborghini Hurricane EVO Spyder
630 Brake Horsepower
The Aventador isn’t the only Lamborghini going topless in Geneva, the Huracan Evo also loses its roof – and gets prettier in the process. Power for the Huracan Evo Spyder comes from the same 5.2-litre V10 found in the coupe, producing 630 bhp and 443 pound-feet of torque. In this setup, the Huracan Evo Spyder sprints to 62 miles per hour in 3.1 seconds, which makes it a smidgen slower than the coupe (2.9 seconds).
Ferrari F8 Tributo
710 Brake Horsepower
The latest mid-engine, V8-powered Ferrari, the F8 Tributo, plucks its twin-turbocharged engine from the 488 Pista. That means 710 bhp and a 2.9-second run to 60 miles per hour from what will almost certainly be Ferrari’s most popular model when it debuts early in 2020.
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster
770 Horsepower
What's better than a 770-horsepower (574-kilowatt) Lamborghini Aventador SVJ? That same 770-hp Lamborghini Aventador SVJ sans roof. The topless SVJ Roadster debuted at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show with the same 6.3-liter V12 as the coupe and all of the same styling cues. The only noticeable performance difference between the hardtop and the convertible is the 62-mile-per-hour sprint; it takes the convertible 2.9 seconds to hit 62 miles per hour, and just 2.8 seconds for the coupe.
Puritalia Automobili Berlinetta
965 Brake Horsepower
Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of Puritalia. The debut of its newest car, the Berlinetta, along with all the other little gems, are among the great things about the Geneva Motor Show. Packing 965 bhp in a rakish, two-door, wide-hipped coupe, this plug-in hybrid is a looker. Its impressive power output is thanks to a 5.0-litre V8 and a rear-mounted electric motor. The two elements work together for a 2.7-second run to 62 and a top speed of 208 miles per hour.
Hispano Suiza Carmen
1,000 Brake Horsepower
Limited to 19 units, the all-electric, wildly retro Hispano-Suiza Carmen comes from one of automotive history’s most storied names. It packs just over 1,000 bhp and a range of 248 miles, thanks to a T-shaped lithium-ion battery. The latest attempt to revive the Hispano-Suiza name, the Carmen can allegedly hit 60 miles per hour in under three seconds and reach a limited top speed of 155 mph.
Bugatti The Black Car: Geneva Live
1,500 Horsepower
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire’s power isn’t the big story. It has the same 1,500-horsepower (1,118-kilowatt), quad-turbocharged, 16-cylinder engine as the Chiron. But this car is one of a kind, and it carries a price tag to match that prestigious designation – $12.45 million at today’s rates. This is the most expensive new car in history.
Koenigsegg Jesko
1,600 Brake Horsepower
The new Koenigsegg Jesko marks a return to brute-force, unelectrified power for the Swedish supercar builder. Packing a twin-turbocharged, 5.0-litre V8 that generates up to 1,600 bhp on race fuel, the Jesko will, allegedly, be able to do 300 miles per hour one day. On normal pump petrol, output is a more modest 1,200 bhp, although if you can afford the Jesko, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to get regular access to high-octane fuel to enjoy the full potential of this new Koenigsegg.
Automobili Pininfarina Battista
1,900 Brake Horsepower
The famous Italian styling house Pininfarina has a long history. So long, in fact, that it’s taking a page from Ferrari’s book and naming a car after the founder of the company. Called the Battista, after late company boss Battista “Pinin” Farina, it has four electric motors – one at each wheel – and just under 1,900 bhp. With such ludicrous power, the Battista’s claimed sub-two-second zero-to-60 time seems believable.
Rimac C_Two
1,914 Brake Horsepower
The Rimac C_Two is barely the king of the Geneva Motor Show hill. We say that not because its output is so close to the Pininfarina Battista, but because Rimac essentially showed this car at last year’s Geneva show. This car merely has a new coat of paint. Then again, it’s still a 1,914-bhp all-electric monster that can hit 186 miles per hour in under 12 seconds.
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